Linux

USB dock gets slower over time

2019-06-09

dead, hardware, Linux, misadventures, troubleshooting, USB hardware

In Linux, in particular in Debian 9.9.0-i386-xfce-CD-1, file operations will grow inevitably slower until the speed is unusable.

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Windows Subsystem for Linux

2018-10-10

commandline software, emulators, freeware, GUI software, liked, Linux, Linux software, live, open-source software, proprietary software, software, software with Git repositories, Windows, Windows 10 software, Windows software

This is regarding "version one"

Software >
Windows, Linux >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about

A way to run Linux commandline software from a specialized console, similar to how a command prompt runs DOS or PowerShell.

It works well, but it's imperfect.

aka wsl
Sometimes mis-named Bash on Ubuntu on Windows or Bash on Windows
- Not related to Git on Windows.

"Resetting" a USB stick

2018-05-10

hardware, HOWTO, Linux, storage, USB hardware

Hardware > USB >

When a USB stick has been used for, say, a bootable Linux distribution, it usually cannot be re-used as a mass storage device by, say, Windows. These instructions are to wipe/reset a usb stick so it will work as it used to.

(This is largely untested)

Devuan 1.0.0 avconv crash

2018-04-10

Devuan, HOWTO, Linux, misadventures, troubleshooting

Libav + Devuan >

Problem: On Devuan-1.0.0-jessie-i386-DVD, avconv crashes while building a video from an image and audio. It worked until a recent update.

According to old notes, 6:11.9-1~deb8u1 worked. However, I do not know if a more recent version worked before I noticed this problem.

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Babun

2017-10-25

abandoned, Chocolatey, commandline software, Cygwin, dead, emulators, freeware, Linux, Linux software, loved, open-source software, reviews, software, utilities, Windows, Windows 10 software, Windows software

I darken its background colour

Software >

Chocolatey: babun
https://babun.github.io/

A customized Cygwin for Linux on Windows: Zsh, Bash, Git and other Linux software, all pre-configured.

Can install other software provided by Cygwin.

712, 774 - apparently abandoned, last updated 2016-05-02.
- The main contributors are still alive, I see them posting on their Twitters.
- I'll likely move to pure Cygwin, and get my common applications installed. That should be easy, but who the hell knows with Linux.

My configuration specific to Babun is currently scattered throughout my git repository, just findinall Babun (using my findinall() )

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dm-crypt

2016-11-05

encryption, free software, HOWTO, Linux, Linux software, misadventures, open-source software, projects, security, software, todo, zombie

TODO - tested and working, though my most recent Lubuntu experimentation has problems I'm still troubleshooting.

At best, my computer hangs when prompting for a password. I think this is related to the 4.4.14 kernel but have not confirmed this.

Projects >

dm-crypt
https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
https://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/docs/cryptfs/cryptfs.html

These instructions are a lot easier than they seem, and a smart and patient beginner will be able to follow them!

These notes were made from instructions from Slackware "current", as of 2016-11-05, and have been tested on Slackware 14.2, and 14.2 32bit.
These notes were made on an everyday system with one hard drive which I completely formatted for this purpose.
- If you are a new user, it is strongly recommended that you remove all hard drive's your using and do this on a spare unused/empty drive.
This concept and these notes build a full-disk Slackware installation which also uses LVM. You can safely ignore the entire LVM post and just follow this one.

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LVM

2016-11-05

dead, free software, HOWTO, Linux, Linux software, open-source software, projects, Slackware, software, storage

Storage + Data >

This concept and these notes are entirely obsoleted by dm-crypt, if you want a complete encryption solution.

These notes were made from instructions from Slackware as of Slackware 14.2 64bit.

It's remarkably simple.

Logical Volume Management

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Making a USB stick bootable

2016-10-30

dead, HOWTO, Linux, LiveUSB software, misadventures, projects, storage, the kit, troubleshooting, USB hardware

Computers > Hardware >
USB >

Problem: A USB stick cannot boot with any of Porteus, the boot-repair LiveUSB, or SystemRescueCD. It used to be bootable with Porteus, and before that it could boot with other Linux LiveUSB distributions.

Solution: Ventoy

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